HADLEY – Police have identified a man who reportedly threatened another man with a Samurai sword at a Route 9 gasoline station as 36-year-old Norton Norzelin of Springfield.

Hadley police said the incident occurred about 4:25 a.m. at the Phillips 66 station at 110 Russell St. No injuries were reported,

Police officer Douglas W. Costa said the suspect showed his victim the sword which was in his car, gave the victim some money and asked him to buy some cigarettes.

“(Norzelin) told the victim if he didn’t purchase the cigarettes he would kill him,” Costa said.

The victim, who was not the clerk, just happened to be at the store, along with several others, when Norzelin arrived, Costa said.

Norzelin never got his cigarettes. Instead he got back into his car and headed west on Route 9. The store clerk, meanwhile, called 911, Costa said.

Costa said he was on the Coolidge Bridge when he spotted the suspect turn from Route 9 onto the on-ramp for the southbound lanes of Interstate 91.

Costa said he pulled the suspect over and put him into custody without incident.

Norzelin requested an ambulance and Costa said he kept the man in the back of his cruiser until the ambulance arrived.

Norzelin is now under police guard at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton where he is being evaluated.

The suspect has not yet been fornally booked, Costa said. He will be charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, threat to commit a crime and disorderly conduct.

Costa said he has never dealt with a suspect armed with a Samurai sword before. “I am kind of hoping I don’t have to deal with that one too often,” he said, adding that the sword is some 2 feet or more long.